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Chirmol de Cangrejo Tabasqueño

Also known as: Tabasco Crab Chirmol

Stuffed blue-crab shells with masa lids beneath a dark corn-and-chilli sauce.

Chirmol de Cangrejo Tabasqueño — illustrative food image

About Chirmol de Cangrejo Tabasqueño

Grupo Animal records Nelly Murillo’s blue-crab chirmol as part of its traditional-cook series. This Tabasco rendition fills crab shells with seasoned meat, seals them with masa and covers them in a thick chirmol.

Tomato, onion, garlic and sweet chilli form the sofrito, with epazote, cilantro and parsley adding herbs. Ancho chillies, toasted corn tortillas and sesame shape the sauce, coloured with Tabasco annatto-seed paste.

A stuffed shell is plated beneath the chirmol. The masa lid provides a distinct layer over the crab filling, while cooked white rice and thick tortillas are offered alongside.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Crustaceans, Sesame.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Chirmol de Cangrejo Tabasqueño

Nelly Murillo's traditional Tabasco blue-crab chirmol.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual48 sofrito, original chopped option selected over optional direct-fire roasting73.
  • White onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Chile dulce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51 local sweet chilli original selected over optional green bell pepper74; exact species unprovided.
  • Fresh epazote: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual52 sofrito and69 sauce allocations consolidated.
  • Cilantro criollo: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual53 regional coriander leaves, broader mapping; cultivar unknown.
  • Perejil criollo: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual54 regional parsley, broader mapping; cultivar unknown.
  • Pork lard: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual55 sofrito and62 crab filling allocations consolidated.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual56 sofrito,68 chile hydration,64/72 masa mixing,83 shell rinse/soak and84 boiled reused shell-contact liquor,91 chosen water dilution; no separate unprovided stock recipe.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Tabasco blue crabs, meat and shells: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual59 crab meat82/86 and food-contact shells83/87/94 both retained in same whole-crab slot; finer species unprovided. Crustaceans positive.
  • Ancho chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 roast+hydrate for filling,68 hydrated sauce allocation; differing component preparation retained, no claim all chiles roasted.
  • Corn masa: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64 masa prepared with water/salt for lids and72 water-thinned masa for thickening; upstream full production unprovided, no invented wheat formula.
  • Corn tortillas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66 direct-fire toasted tortillas blended into chirmol, prepared formula unprovided.
  • Toasted sesame: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Literal67 ajonjolí confirms Sesame; all-sesame original selected over half pumpkin-seed substitution76.
  • Tabasco annatto-seed paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual71 pan de axiote, same source77 explicitly defines local ground-annatto-seed paste; original selected over Yucatecan recado substitute. No invented compound spices.
  • Cooked white rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual94 optional, broader cooked-rice mapping; upstream cooking unprovided.
  • Thick tortillas (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual94 optional thick tortillas, cereal/full formula not expressly specified for this separate serving component; no forced wheat/maize identity.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Mexico
  • MexicoCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Chirmol de cangrejo azul — Nelly Murillo, recorded by Mayra Zepeda, Grupo Animal